tentative

1 He put a tentative arm up; instantly one pulled over, in a rolling wave of black slush.

2 They aren’t strong eyes; the look they give the face is tentative, hesitant, reproachful.

3 There are tentative signs of this beginning in the US.

美国市场开始出现了一些假设性的征兆.

4 When I smile, she offers a tentative twitch of her lips in return.

5 When no one spit it out, Oliver reached across the table to ladle a small amount of the stew into his bowl, then took a tentative sip.

6 A little while later, there was a quiet knock at Yoyo's door, followed by a tentative attempt at the door knob.

7 Perhaps in twenty years his Korean words will creep out like mine, the notes uncertain, tentative.

8 Because nothing like the full-blooded machinery of a modern political party system existed, Adams conveyed his tentative scheme for a bipartisan initiative informally through letters and conversations sure to be picked up by the press.

9 Jesper waited for a count of sixty, then dropped his collar and took a tentative breath.

10 She did not return his tentative smile.

她并没有对他怯生生的微笑作出回应。

11 The girl’s voice, underneath his, was tentative and shrill.

12 tentative conclusions

初步结论

13 When that doesn’t happen, I make a few tentative bounces on the sofa.

14 We've drawn up a tentative program for the next two weeks.

我们制定了一个之后两个星期的试探性计划。

15 He took a tentative bite, beckoned to the first waiter, and pointed sadly at his fish.

16 But she is terrified to raise a child in a country where she is related to no one, where she knows so little, where life seems so tentative and spare.

17 She pokes him gently in his soft middle, and he gives her a tentative smile.

18 He returned to shallow tentative breaths, drawing air past his lips as if he were sipping from a straw.

19 Then she leans in and kisses me, a gentle kiss, tentative but lingering.

20 “You look different,” her co-workers said, all of them a little tentative.

1 犹豫不定

oscillation

2 迟疑

hesitative reluctant backward hesitant halting faltering hesitating hesitantly dubiously falteringly hesitation hesitancy tentativeness stick hesitate hem falter difficulty scruple

3 试探性

exploratory experimentally

4 试验

trial test touch experiment lab proof workout tryout prove try essay standardize put to the proof trying experimentation work-out proof-test tempt assay test-drive try-out try-on

5 犹豫不决的

uncertain undecided wavering vacillating

6 假说

hyp. hypoth. theory hypothesis

7 不确定

vague indefinite precarious tremulous chancy doubt uncertainty on tenterhooks in doubt theoretical uncertain dim hazy indeterminate indescribable indecisive infirm incalculable suspense incertitude unclear doubtful dubious erratic uneasy inconclusive touch-and-go confusion be in doubt in question questionable borderline dodgy iffy sneaking hover open to doubt be on shaky ground changeable imprecise indistinct ill-defined changeful unassured indeterminacy indefiniteness inconclusiveness indetermination indistinction falter indeterminacy principle

8 踌躇的

hesitative hesitant halting irresolute faltering vacillant lingering shrinking

9 试验性

trial pilot shakedown probative cut-and-try tentatively tentativeness

10 暂时性的

interlocutory provisional

11 没把握的

uncool

12 尝试

try effort essay mint shy bash assay fling smite whack offer tempt test-drive try-out try-on

13 未决的

doubtful undecided

14 迟疑的

hesitative reluctant backward hesitant halting faltering hesitating

15 未定的

doubtful undecided unsettled pendent

16 没把握

uncool uncertainly

17 犹豫

backward hesitant unconfident dither dubitation hover scruple boggle hesitate halt teeter vacillate dilly-dally fear stagger oscillate give pause to hum and haw look back faltering reserve hesitation falter baulk

18 暂时的

AI temporary jury interim provisional impermanent provisory short-term transitional transitory semi-permanent temporal makeshift momentary deciduous ephemeral

19 实验性的

experimental

20 暂定的

working provisional

21 无把握的

dubious unassured

22 不确定的

vague indefinite precarious tremulous chancy in doubt theoretical uncertain dim hazy indeterminate indescribable indecisive infirm incalculable unclear dubious erratic uneasy inconclusive questionable doubtful borderline dodgy iffy sneaking be in doubt open to doubt changeable imprecise indistinct ill-defined changeful unassured

23 迟疑不决的

hesitant weak-minded

24 犹豫不决

uncertain undecided wavering vacillating tentatively indecisively waffle tentativeness shilly-shallying shillyshallying yo-yo waver dither haver toing and froing to and fro

25 踌躇

hesitative hesitant halting hesitation falter ambivalence hesitancy demur hesitance foot-dragging swither boggle stand stick strain float pause curl hesitate crane teeter dither hem and ha make two bites at a cherry hover waver shilly-shally irresolute hold back from doing hold back faltering oscillation vacillate vacillant lingering shrinking hesitatingly poise fluctuation vacillation scrupulosity stop balance chop stumble dwell tarry stickle deter

26 不肯定

be in doubt

27 不自信的

lost insecure

28 试验的

trying

29 试探的

heuristic

30 迟疑不决

hesitant hesitance hesitate

31 犹豫的

sneaky backward hesitant halting dubitative unconfident faltering

32 非决定性的

inconclusive indecisive

33 试验性的

trial pilot shakedown probative cut-and-try

34 暂时

AI temporary jury interim provisional impermanent provisory yet temporarily passingly while impermanence pro tempore for a while for a short time for a period of time pro tem short-term transitional transitory semi-permanent present for the meantime for now temporal makeshift momentary deciduous ephemeral passing awhile momentarily season spell streak truce temporality caducity

35 试探性的

exploratory

36 试探

sound feel tempt plow around

37 无把握

dubious unassured indefiniteness incertitude

38 暂时性

interlocutory temporality